# SAIB CE-11-44: Fuel: Cylinder Strap Installation

- Type: Special airworthiness information bulletin (advisory, not mandatory)
- Status: Current
- Revision: 0
- Issued: July 13, 2011
- Products: Aeronaut Instruction Research Skysailor 105, Skysailor 90, 110C, 110P, 78C, 90C, ARKY, BAG, BEAR, BRAIN, BRUT, BUNY and 421 more
- Product type: Aircraft, Balloon
- PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/1b/67/1b6725001e9f3ce51a8b3a50eb4737ceef1b82f64fec6e4b8d3b9ecb4acafea5
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/32E40B804080FC24862578CC00704508.0001
- DRS record last changed: July 13, 2011
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/saib/CE-11-44

## Text

FAA Aviation Safety

**SPECIAL AIRWORTHINESS**

INFORMATION BULLETIN SAIB: CE-11-44 SUBJ: Fuel: Cylinder Strap Installation Date: July 13, 2011 This is information only. Recommendations aren’t mandatory.

Introduction

This Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) informs registered owners/operators of all hot air balloons, certificated under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 39, of an airworthiness concern.

At this time, this airworthiness concern has not been determined to be an unsafe condition that would warrant airworthiness directive (AD) action under 14 CFR part 39.

Background

An FAA accident investigation of a hot air balloo n accident revealed improper securing of the propane tank in the basket. The upper tank restraining strap installation did not secure the tank from up or down movement. During landing, the tank became dislodged and landed on the foot of a passenger. Inspections of six other tank installations on different manufacturers’ balloons revealed similar general lacking of positive tank restraint and variations of tank restraint strap installations.

Recommendations

The FAA recommends owners/operators of all hot air balloons assure the tank ins tallations are accordance with their manufacturer’s operating manual and to also assure that the upper tank strap installation prevents any vertical movement of the tank.

For Further Information Contact

Taylor Martin, Aerospace Engineer, 901 Locust Street, Room 301, Kans as City, MO 64106;

phone (816) 329-4138; fax (816) 329-4090; e-mail: taylor.martin@faa.gov.

## Registered aircraft it may concern (OpenAirDocs)

Registry models matched by make and model, the same way as ADs, most registered aircraft first.

- [Aerostar International RX 8](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-rx-8): 213 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-15](https://openairdocs.org/model/balloon-works-firefly-7-15): 157 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Arbc Inc DBA Lindstrand 90A](https://openairdocs.org/model/arbc-inc-dba-lindstrand-90a): 145 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Balloon Works FIREFLY 7](https://openairdocs.org/model/balloon-works-firefly-7): 129 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15](https://openairdocs.org/model/balloon-works-firefly-8b-15): 123 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Aerostar International RX-7](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-rx-7): 96 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Aerostar International RAVEN S49A](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-raven-s49a): 89 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Head Balloons AX8-88](https://openairdocs.org/model/head-balloons-ax8-88): 86 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Lindstrand Balloons 90A](https://openairdocs.org/model/lindstrand-balloons-90a): 81 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Aerostar International S-60A](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-s-60a): 77 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Firefly Balloons FIREFLY 8B-15](https://openairdocs.org/model/firefly-balloons-firefly-8b-15): 73 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cameron Balloons Z-90](https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-z-90): 69 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Aerostar International RXS-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-rxs-8): 64 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Arbc Inc DBA Lindstrand 105A](https://openairdocs.org/model/arbc-inc-dba-lindstrand-105a): 64 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Aerostar International S53A](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-s53a): 63 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Head Balloons AX8-105](https://openairdocs.org/model/head-balloons-ax8-105): 61 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Raven S55A](https://openairdocs.org/model/raven-s55a): 57 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Arbc Inc DBA Lindstrand 77A](https://openairdocs.org/model/arbc-inc-dba-lindstrand-77a): 56 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Firefly Balloons FIREFLY 7-15](https://openairdocs.org/model/firefly-balloons-firefly-7-15): 53 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Lindstrand Balloons 77A](https://openairdocs.org/model/lindstrand-balloons-77a): 53 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cameron Balloons US V-77](https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-v-77): 49 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cameron Balloons US Z-105](https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-z-105): 48 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [National Ballooning 858](https://openairdocs.org/model/national-ballooning-858): 48 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Balony Kubicek Spol Sro BB30Z](https://openairdocs.org/model/balony-kubicek-spol-sro-bb30z): 47 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cameron Balloons US Z-77](https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-z-77): 47 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cameron Balloons US Z-90](https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-z-90): 42 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cameron Balloons US C-80](https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-c-80): 41 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Aerostar International RAVEN S57-A](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-raven-s57-a): 38 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Aerostar International S-57A](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-s-57a): 38 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B](https://openairdocs.org/model/balloon-works-firefly-8b): 37 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Adams Balloon A55S](https://openairdocs.org/model/adams-balloon-a55s): 35 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Head Balloons AX7-77](https://openairdocs.org/model/head-balloons-ax7-77): 35 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Lindstrand Balloons 105A](https://openairdocs.org/model/lindstrand-balloons-105a): 35 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Arbc Inc DBA Lindstrand 60X](https://openairdocs.org/model/arbc-inc-dba-lindstrand-60x): 34 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Balloon Works FIREFLY 7B-15](https://openairdocs.org/model/balloon-works-firefly-7b-15): 33 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Raven S-60A](https://openairdocs.org/model/raven-s-60a): 32 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cameron Balloons US A-105](https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-a-105): 31 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cameron Balloons US V-90](https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-v-90): 31 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Arbc Inc DBA Lindstrand 120A](https://openairdocs.org/model/arbc-inc-dba-lindstrand-120a): 29 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Balony Kubicek Spol Sro BB26Z](https://openairdocs.org/model/balony-kubicek-spol-sro-bb26z): 29 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cameron Balloons US N-90](https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-n-90): 28 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cameron Balloons US N-105](https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-n-105): 27 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Head Balloons AX8-88B](https://openairdocs.org/model/head-balloons-ax8-88b): 27 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Raven Industries RALLY RX7](https://openairdocs.org/model/raven-industries-rally-rx7): 27 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-B](https://openairdocs.org/model/balloon-works-firefly-7-b): 26 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cameron Balloons US O-90](https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-o-90): 26 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cameron Balloons US O-84](https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-us-o-84): 25 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Head Balloons AX9-118](https://openairdocs.org/model/head-balloons-ax9-118): 25 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Kubicek Factory S R O BB26Z](https://openairdocs.org/model/kubicek-factory-s-r-o-bb26z): 25 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Adams Balloon A55](https://openairdocs.org/model/adams-balloon-a55): 24 registered aircraft (airframe model)

All 478: https://openairdocs.org/saib/CE-11-44/models.md

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